The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

The Ministry of Industry at this time.

After Zhou Sheng took the secret recipe back, he went back and showed the skilled workers, their eyes lit up instantly.

It didn't matter whether Zhou Sheng was still here or not, they started discussing on their own.

From time to time, someone suddenly enlightened and said: "It turns out that the dosage and order here are like this. No wonder it always fails. This step is wrong."

"And here, Lao Qin, come quickly and take a look, this tube is also very mysterious, see how it is placed..."

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These skilled workers from the Ministry of Industry got such a thing and held it like a baby. They have never seen them so happy during the Chinese New Year. In recent days, it seems that they are celebrating the New Year every day.

Seeing them like this, Zhou Sheng didn't dare to reveal anything about the cement.After all, the cement has not yet been made, and there is no formula for them to refer to. If he told them what Lin Zhao said in the booklet, he would have to pester him for a long time to ask this question and that.

There are a lot of things in it that he is not clear about, and if he is left speechless at that time, then he will lose face as a minister.

The people in Lin'an here knew that the new county magistrate was tinkering with a cement factory, and they were watching curiously.

Cui Yuanwai didn't ask any more questions, but was surprisingly generous. He confiscated the money he gave Lin Zhao before, but this time he took out another sum of money, which he called a free subsidy for the construction of a cement plant.

This time Lin Zhao did not refuse. Cui Yuanwai was a very good name to find. Right now, the Yamen is too poor. At that time, the road construction will cost a lot of money. At that time, the court will not even pay for the road construction. Know.

After Lin Zhao received the money, he turned around and asked someone to register it in the Yamen's account.Cui Yuanwai didn't know whose account it was registered to, but he was very happy that the other party accepted the money he sent.

There are four big families in Lin'an City that are quite influential. Except for Cui Yuan's family, the others are Zhao Qiansun's four families, and all of them are extremely rich.

When Lin Zhao first took office, there were these three companies that invited him to drink and gave him money.But because he refused several times, he didn't go out when the other party asked him to go out for a drink, which made the other party very unhappy.

Now I heard that Lin Zhao has built some kind of cement factory, one remains neutral and silent, while the other two are skeptical.

Mr. Zhao, who remained neutral, had a fat and trembling belly. He didn't speak much at the dinner table, but he always talked with each other, just like a peacemaker.To put it bluntly, it is a grass on the wall, where there is wind, it will fall.

Master Qian took a bite of his food and said, "Brother Sun, I heard that our new county magistrate is quite ignorant. I gave him so many good things before, but he returned them all to me."

Master Sun said, "Isn't it? Not only you, but also the things that Lao Zhao and I gave have been returned."

"What about Cui? How did I hear that the money he sent to the county master was accepted?"

"I also know about this. When he delivered it with great fanfare, it was all in cash and delivered directly to the gate of the yamen. But our county magistrate said that the yamen accepted it, and all the money was confiscated and put on the account of the yamen. It’s not for him to take it for himself.”

Master Qian showed a mocking smile, "Who can say for sure about this matter, he said it was put on the account of the yamen, but others don't know. Who knows if he quietly transferred it to his own account?"

"That's not the point, the point is that the money was given by Cui!" Master Sun reminded.

The Cui family's business overlaps with the other three's businesses in many areas, and they are all in competition with each other.

Originally, the four families were equal, but now, in the eyes of others, Cui Yuanwai is on the boat of the county magistrate. Their close relationship is a potential threat to the other three families.

"I'll know about it if you don't remind me. Let's take a look. I've never heard of any cement factory. It's not sure whether it will be opened or not?"

Master Sun heard that there was something in his words, and asked, "How do you say that?"

Master Qian smiled triumphantly, and said in a low voice: "The land occupied by the cement factory under construction is mine, but the name is written in my nephew's name."

Master Sun smiled, "You are still taller. When they start planning to build, you can talk about the land deed, and make sure they won't be able to open it if they get in trouble."

Mr. Zhao saw that he couldn't get involved in what the two of them were talking about, so he simply ate melon seeds and watched the show.It's not too late for him to stand in line when the situation becomes clear.

Seeing that what they said was almost over, Mr. Zhao recruited the girls to accompany him to the wine, one at a time, so chic.

After talking about the land deed, Master Qian and Master Sun's depressed mood improved a lot, and they also recruited girls to serve them.

A few people were chatting about romantic things, and they were having fun, when a shopkeeper in Mr. Qian's family business suddenly brought a gossip.

"Is the news serious?" Master Qian was very surprised when he heard the words.

"Really, it was a relative of mine who came to the city who told me. He saw it with his own eyes. In just a split second, a big gap was blown out of that mountain."

Master Sun was also very surprised, he said: "Tell us carefully."

"I heard that the thing is so powerful that it can blow up extremely hard rocks to pieces, accompanied by a loud bang."

Master Qian and Master Sun looked at me and I looked at you, the two of them looked at each other speechlessly, and the interest they had just mentioned was wiped out by this sudden news.

"What the hell is that? It's so powerful."

The shopkeeper thought about it. According to relatives, it should be firecrackers?

"I don't know exactly what it is, but my relatives said it is a bit like the firecrackers set off during the Chinese New Year, but the power is much greater than firecrackers."

"firecracker?"

The shopkeeper nodded.

Mr. Sun hesitated, and whispered: "The land deed should be given to the county master voluntarily, he can have such a powerful firecracker, in case we are bombarded one day..."

"He dares! Why does he bombard us for no reason? Even if he is an official, I haven't broken the law."

Mr. Sun tapped his finger on the table and reminded him: "The land deed, if you really did that, wouldn't that be a handle? Then you will be charged with random crimes, and no matter how much money you have, you will not be able to protect you."

After saying this, Master Qian fell silent.I have to admit, what I said is very reasonable. No matter how much money you earn, if you don't spend your life, what's the use of so much money?

After thinking about it, anyway, before the knot is made, it is better to flatter or curry favor.

Master Qian sighed, and said: "Forget it, I'll send him the land deed tomorrow, and I'll bow my head first to show him my goodwill."

After finishing speaking, he said to Mr. Sun, "Then what should you do? He didn't accept the things he sent before, and he doesn't know what our county magistrate likes."

Master Sun was also a little worried, unlike Cui, his son was saved by the county master from being wronged, and he could use this relationship to show his favor in every possible way.

Mr. Zhao, who had been concentrating on eating melon seeds, suddenly said, "Shouldn't it be enough for us to learn from Cui? We can do what he does. We can give him whatever he gives. I don't believe the county master won't accept it."

Master Sun's eyes lit up, "It makes sense!"

So the next day, the three of Zhao, Qiansun and Sun all went to the yamen to look for Lin Zhao, and they were all sent with money, under the guise of contributing to the construction of Lin'an.

Master Qian sent less money, but he also attached the land deed, saying that it was a free donation to the county government.

Lin Zhao received all the things delivered in this way in front of the common people according to the order, and asked people to count them on the spot, record them in the book, and put them all into the public account of the yamen.

Seeing that he had collected the things, the three members of Zhao Qiansun felt more at ease. They didn't expect the other party to do them any favors with the money, they just thought about not picking on them.

Lin Zhao was very happy these two days. He was worried about the lack of money, and these people didn't know what happened, so they took turns to send him money.

The cement factory started up smoothly, and some workers were recruited to work.These people are poor people from the nearby villages, and they only know that they will get paid if they come here to work.

But many people don't know what the cement produced by this cement factory is used for.

Jiang Ziyan specially held a large-scale publicity meeting at the cement factory, saying that the things made are called cement and are used for road construction.

Most of the people sitting below are young laborers, but they have no education, and basically all of them are illiterate.

A bold curiosity asked: "Why use cement for road construction?"

Jiang Ziyan explained: "Because the road built with cement is not only hard and durable, but also as flat as the wall."

Everyone was shocked to hear that the road will be as flat as the wall, because in their impression, the only road that is as flat as the wall is the bluestone road in the capital.

This kind of road cannot be paved normally. Not only do the stones need to be flat, the joints must be tight, and the corners must be polished, which is very difficult.

"Is this true? When the time comes, the road will be as flat as the bluestone slab?"

"Well, and the planning map for road construction has been preliminarily completed. It will be very convenient for people in the village to go to the capital by then."

"Wow, really!" The people sitting below were all excited, as if they had endless energy.

"If you have anything else you want to ask, just ask, you're welcome."

Maybe it was Jiang Ziyan's attractive appearance. Everyone naturally liked people with good looks, and he spoke softly and always had a smile on his face. Many people came here to ask him questions.

Someone asked if the road was repaired, how long would it take to enter the city?

Others asked why they had to dig stones to build roads?Because he saw a lot of gravel piled up in a place in the courtyard.

Some people even approached him and jokingly asked him if he married a young lady?

Jiang Ziyan answered all the serious questions one by one, and he also answered seriously whether he was married or not.

He said: "I didn't marry a young lady, but I already have a sweetheart."

Many of the people around were whistling and teasing him.

Someone said, "I also want to marry a young lady. When I have saved enough money, I will ask my mother to propose marriage."

"Me too. I'm 27 this year and I haven't married yet. My younger brother is good-looking and sweet-talking. If a girl is willing to marry him, my parents will make him get married first."

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Generally speaking, two brothers follow the elder one first. Since ancient times, the older ones get married first. It is rare for younger brothers to get married first.

The countryside is too poor, it is difficult to find a wife, and the youngest son is old again, saying that he is afraid of delay, so he arranges the marriage for the youngest son first.

Getting married once is very exhausting, and the family basically uses almost all the money, so the eldest brother is 27 years old, but the family has no money for him to marry.

In Jiang Ziyan's view, this size can be regarded as a democratic life meeting, and the people below started talking, talking about family affairs in a hurry.